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e-TiM: The Festival of Lights - The Evolution of a Rabbinic Story

The Festival of Lights - The Evolution of a Rabbinic Story 

Dr. Yonatan Feintuch

Wednesday December 21

12:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Israel

Chanukah celebrates the victory over Greek idolatry and the cleansing of the Temple from it, but also touches upon the theme of the victory of light over darkness. This theme is not mentioned explicitly in Chazal with relation to Chanukah, but is hinted at in a short story in the Talmud. In this shiur, I will examine the origins and development of this story in various sources and versions, and the issues that arise when the story is read in its wider halakhic context.

Date

December 21, 2022

Time

12:00 PM EST

Topics

Talmud Bavli, Avoda Zara, Aggadeta, Jewish Holidays, Chanukah

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The Festival of Lights - The Evolution of a Rabbinic Story

December 21, 2022

Dr. Yonatan Feintuch

Program: e-TiM: The Festival of Lights - The Evolution of a Rabbinic Story

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Meet the speaker

Dr. Yonatan Feintuch

Rabbi Dr. Yonatan Feintuch teaches Talmud, Midrash and Jewish Thought at Yeshivat Har Etzion Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz and Bar Ilan University, and is the Rabbi of the Ilana de-Chayei community in Katamon, Jerusalem. He earned his BSc in medical sciences at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and his Masters and PhD in Talmud from Bar Ilan University. He also holds a teacher’s degree from Herzog College. He writes and speaks widely on issues of Tanach, Midrash and Aggadot of…

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